Cleaning or sweeping device



June 24, 1941. p SHURHAY 2,246,640

CLEANING OR SWEEPING DEVICE Filed NOV. 9, 1940 1n vcntor Patented June24, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT f FE ECE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a cleaning or sweeping device especiallyadapted for the removal of grease, dirt and other foreign materials fromfloors and Walls of buildings and from pavements such as found withinand about garages, service stations and similar establishments, and hasfor the primary object the provision of a device of this character whichwill utilize water or air under pressure with a sweeping motion manuallyimparted thereto for efficiently removing materials of the kindspecified and which cannot readily be removed through the use of anordinary broom or mop.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa top plan View illustrating a cleaning or sweeping device constructedin accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view illustrating thedevice Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates atubular handle of a selected length which has connected to one endthereof a hose '6. Said hose may be connected in any well known mannerto a source of water or air which is under pres-sure. The other end ofthe handle is secured to a head 1 consistin of an intermediate member 8and end members 9. The members 8 and 9 are provided with perforations l0arranged in a row, as clearly shown in Figure 1. The intermediate member8 is preferably of T shape and is connected to one end of the handle 5and to the adjacent ends of the end members 9. The end members 9 eachhas an arcuate curvature thereto and so arranged as to curve forwardlyof the intermediate member in the direction of the free end thereof.

End pieces II are mounted on the free ends of the end members 9 on whichis removably mounted a sweeping or scraping strip 12 constructed ofrubber or any other material suitable for the purpose.

In use, the strip l2 trails the head with a scraping action upon thesurface, it being understood that the device is shoved backwardly andforwardly over the surface to be cleaned and that the water or air underpressure escapes from the head in a forward direction so as to loosenthe foreign material on the surface while the strip l2 scrapes andbrushes the material in a forward direction to permit the user toreadily brush or sweep the material in a. desired direction and into aselected pile if desired for gathering in any well known manner. Ifwater under pressure is used in connection with this device, the stripI2 will act as a medium to shove the water along the surface beingcleaned when the device is manually moved over the surface with aforward and rearward rubbing motion.

Through the use of a device of the construction shown and specified andin combination with water or air under pressure, a very efiicient jobcan be carried out in the removal of foreign materials from a surfacewherein the materials have become adhered thereto.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a cleaning tool, a hollow head including a pair of pipe sections anda T coupling connecting said sections together in end to end relationand having a shank, a hollow handle fixed at one end in said shank andfor admitting fluid under pressure therethrough to said head andsections, said head being provided with a front row of perforationsextending from end to end thereof for discharging fluid from the head,said sections curving from the coupling forwardly of the same toconcentrate the fluid discharged in front thereof, a pair of closurecaps on the outer ends of the sections, respectively, and a scrapermember comprising a strip of resilient material having its ends fixed tothe caps, respectively, said member extending along the rear side of thehead and under said shank and being attached at said ends solely to flexbetween ends for compensating movement over uneven surfaces, and saidmember having a broad bottom edge for sliding over said surfaces toforce fluid forwardly of the same.

PAUL SHURHAY.

